unmann
Appearance
Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *unmann (“non-human, monster”), equivalent to un- (“non-; bad”) + mann (“person”). Cognate with Middle Low German unman (“monster, fiend”), Middle High German unman (“evildoer”), and Old Norse úmannan (“wretch, laughing-stock”). Compare also Old High German unmennisko (“a non-human”) → German Unmensch (“brute”), which is formed similarly.
Pronunciation
[edit]IPA(key): /ˈunˌmɑnn/, [ˈunˌmɑn]
Noun
[edit]unmann m
- a non-human
- brute, thug
- c. 992, Ælfric, "Palm Sunday: On the Lord's Passion"
- Swā fela þūsenda engla meahton ēaðe bewerian Crist wiþ þām unmannum, mid heofonlīcum wǣpnum, ġif hē þrōwian nolde selfwilles for ūs.
- That many thousands of angels could have easily defended Christ against those brutes [the men who came to arrest Jesus], with weapons from heaven, if he didn't want to suffer of his own free will for us.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "Palm Sunday: On the Lord's Passion"
Declension
[edit]Strong consonant stem:
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | unmann | unmenn |
accusative | unmann | unmenn |
genitive | unmannes | unmanna |
dative | unmenn | unmannum |
Descendants
[edit]- Middle English: unman
Categories:
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms prefixed with un-
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English lemmas
- Old English nouns
- Old English masculine nouns
- Old English terms with quotations
- Old English consonant stem nouns